Liga Nasional ( en, National League or Malaysia National League) was an amateur football league in
Malaysia. It was established in 1992 as amateur competition for the football club to compete in
Malaysian football league system.
The league only ran for one season before folding the following year.
History
Founding
A football league competition involving the representative sides of the state football association was first held in Malaysia in 1979. When it began, it was intended primarily as a qualifying tournament for the final knock-out stages of the
Malaysia Cup
The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...
. It was not until 1982 that a
League Cup was introduced to recognise the winners of the preliminary stage as the league champions. Over the years, the league competition has gained important stature in its own right.
Initially the only teams allowed to participate in the league were the state FA's sides, teams representing the
Military of Malaysia, the
Royal Malaysian Police, and teams representing the neighbouring countries of
Singapore and
Brunei (though the
Football Association of Singapore
The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football in Singapore. Established in 1892 as the Singapore Football Association (SFA), it is the oldest football association in all of As ...
pulled out of the Malaysian League after the 1994 season following a dispute with the Football Association of Malaysia over gate receipts, and has not been involved since).
In 1992, FAM created another amateur league for local clubs in Malaysia to compete in, called the National League in Malay)
The league was managed by FAM outside entity, Super Club Sdn. Bhd. Some of the clubs which compete in the league are Hong Chin, Muar FA, PKNK from Kedah, DBKL, PKNS, BSN, LPN, BBMB, Proton, PPC and PKENJ.
Unfortunately, the league only ran for a one season before it folded.
Some of the clubs were then evolved and joined the main league, such as PKENJ, which became JCorp and now as JDT.
Demise
The league only ran for one season before folding the following year.
Teams
Below is the list of some teams competing in the first and only season of ''Liga Nasional''.
* Hong Chin
*
Muar
* PKNK
* DBKL
*
PKNS
* BSN
* LPN
* BBMB
* Proton
* PPC
*
PKENJ
References
{{Football in Malaysia
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Sports leagues established in 1992